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A 3 page paper that reports three articles about knowledge management, including the origin of the term, what it means and how it has evolved. The question remains whether or not we can really manage knowledge. Experts and upcoming experts in the field are identified. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that the term is controversial to this day, after more than two decades of having that term discussed and written about. Two of the primary questions related to knowledge management
are: what is knowledge, and how can anyone manage knowledge. In an interview with Karl Erik Sveiby, a pioneer in knowledge management, Sveiby stated that he did not like
the term "because it gives the impression that you can manage knowledge and you cant" (Pfeiffle, n.d.). As happens with all science and good ideas, two or more people who
do not know each other introduce ideas at about the same time (Pfeiffle, n.d.). In the case of knowledge, both Karl Wiig and Sveiby were talking about knowledge management in
1986 (Pfeiffle, n.d.). The concept of knowledge management took off and it wasnt long before volumes were written about it. In the 1980s, there were only a handful of theorists
and theoretical thinkers pursuing the ideas associated with knowledge management (Knowledge Management, 2002). Sveiby even said that he felt lonely twenty years ago because he had no contact with others
thinking about the same concepts and premises (Knowledge Management, 2002). Sveiby owned a large publishing company in Sweden when he first began thinking about how important intangible assets were to
a company (Knowledge Management, 2002). He changed the accounting procedures in his company and published his ideas in a book (Knowledge Management, 2002). The process was subsequently adopted as the
standard by the Swedish Council of Service Industries (Knowledge Management, 2002). Sveiby sold his business in 1993 and subsequently founded Sveiby Knowledge Associates, which is a global organization of
people exploring how "to create commercial value from knowledge-based assets" (Knowledge Management, 2002, p. 1). Later on, he moved to Australia but he is still involved in the subject of
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